Tuesday, 22 March 2011

Well, it's now up on kindle, minus the cover at the moment, as I received this after the book content. But that will adorn the book shortly. But what I've done differently with this one is to embed my trailer into the actual book. How advanced is that? Needless to say, I wasn't responsible for it - I just asked and it was done by my lovely ebook formatters hitch@Q.com and her staff.

Have any of you embedded a trailer in an ebook? I have to admit this is a new concept for me. I'm still gobsmacked about the whole ebook revolution. It seems like some sort of miracle to an ignored midlister like me. Now we can perform on something like a level playing field with the bestsellers.

I love being able to set my own price, decide on my own cover and control what extras are put in the book. For the next one, I think, as well as an embedded trailer, I'll probably put the first chapter of Absolute Poison, the next in my Rafferty & Llewellyn mystery series.

How about you? What plans do you have in this mad ebook world? Going to bring out an anthology of your short stories? Or your writing tips articles? Admittedly, with the latter, you can't begin to compare to the king of tips, J A Konrath and his Newbie's Guide to Publishing (see Blog List at right). This thousand-page book, made up of countless blogs about the publishing industry and marketing and epublishing, is a phenomenon. It helped to persuade me to join the revolution. I'm glad I did: by the time I publish Absolute Poison, I should be earning £400 a month. Maybe more, as it's said that the greater the number of books up on kindle, the better the all-round sales. We'll see. But I'm not complaining. How about you? And if you've yet to join the revolution, you could do worse than buy Konrath's Guide. You've nothing to lose and maybe everything to gain. I think it's the best advice book I've ever bought.

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About Me

I am a British author. Originally a Londoner, in 2000 I moved to Norfolk, England with my husband, George. I write crime novels and have two humorous series on the go: Rafferty and Llewellyn, which features DI Joe Rafferty, Ma Rafferty, Father Kelly et al. And Casey and Catt, which feature DCI Will (Willow Tree) Casey and his parents, the'Sixties never died' hippies, Moon and Star. My books are also published as ebooks and are on kindle, iPad, iPhone, iBookstore, nook, sobo, android, smashwords, etc. My novels:
Kith and Kill, Deadly Reunion, All the Lonely People, Death Dance, Death Dues, A Thrust to the Vitals, Blood on the Bones, Love Lies Bleeding, Bad Blood, Dying For You, Absolute Poison, The Hanging Tree, Death Line, Down Among the Dead Men, Dead Before Morning, A Killing Karma, Up in Flames, Reluctant Queen, Land of Dreams.